Join Peter for this LIVE recording of Mentality Meets as he interviews Steve Loft exploring both stories and strategies to help change today’s culture of mental health.
“I hit a brick wall, and it changed my life forever.” This week I’m talking with Steve Loft. At 58 Steve’s mental health journey took him to places he’d never experienced before. Now, no stranger to the impact of personal and organisational changes, Steve will share what it’s has been like to take leaps into the unknown and the effects it can have — both positive and negative.
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Steve Loft’s bio
Steve Loft is 58 years old and married with a 14 year old son. He had a successful corporate career in a number of management roles across the public sector as a qualified accountant, being responsible for managing multi-million pound budgets. In his 40’s he took a career move to become an IT Quality Manager.
In 2012, (his 50th year as well as Olympic year in London), Steve experienced what he describes as “hitting a brick wall” whilst working at his last employer, Transport for London. He was eventually off work for nearly 9 months and the experience changed his life. He was eventually diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder with a depressive episode. On his return to work he realised he could use his own experiences to make a difference for the better for those working with mental health issues and set up an award-winning peer support group at TfL.
Steve did 4 years part-time counsellor training, and after leaving TfL, he now runs a workplace mental health training and consultancy business. Volunteering is very close to his heart and so he is a keen champion and advocate for Time to Change, Action for Happiness and Frazzled Café.
Steve is no stranger to personal and organisational change having worked in many roles, in numerous locations and with many people. After working for TfL for 15 years he took the decision to accept voluntary severance and take yet another career move. Steve will share what it’s has been like to take leaps into the unknown at work and the effects it can have on our mental health - both positive and negative.
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